New Boston, IL

NEW BOSTON, a thriving post-village of Mercer county, Illinois, is situated on the Mississippi river, 156 miles N.W. from Springfield. It is a place of much activity in business, at which a large quantity of produce is bought and shipped.   The adjacent country is fertile, and rapidly improving. Population, in 1853, about 600.    (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)

NEW BOSTON   A thriving post village of Mercer county, on the Mississippi river, 156 miles north-west from Springfield.  It is a place of active business, a large amount of grain and produce being annually shipped from here.  The surrounding portions of the county are fertile and under good improvement.   (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)